Total orders received by Swedish industry rose 1.3% year-on-year in May 2026, easing from a downwardly revised 4.8% increase in April. Domestic orders declined 1.4%, reversing a 0.8% rise in the previous month, while foreign orders slowed to 3% growth from 7%.
By industrial grouping, growth in capital goods orders weakened significantly (2.7% vs 10.1% in April). Orders for energy-related goods (-7.8% vs 6.7%) and durable consumer goods (-4.4% vs 4.7%) both shifted into contraction, while intermediate goods orders remained under pressure (-3.1% vs -1.6%). In contrast, orders for non-durable consumer goods accelerated (12.3% vs 8.6%).
On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, total orders fell 3.2% in May, reversing a downwardly revised 3.9% increase in April. Over the January–May period, total orders were 1.6% lower than in the same period a year earlier: domestic demand rose 1.6%, but export orders declined 3.5%.
